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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
2
Elwood inventor Charles McClintock unveils an air safety device for aeroplanes described as a compact parachute in a retractable tube. He plans demonstrations in Indianapolis for capitalists, dropping dogs from 6600 to 1000 feet to prove reliability and quick detachability without hindering the pilot.
Lawrenceburg 31 year old Edwin Greifell rescued Howard Cayton age 7 from drowning in the Ohio River. Cayton had fallen in while the water stood about fifteen feet deep and Greifell brought him to shore where a physician revived him with an electric battery.
Arrangements are under way for the Bartholomew county fair in Columbus. The speed program has been announced with racing lasting four days from August 16, offering 3000 in purses. Three races are scheduled each day.
14-year-old Raymond Beatty, son of Lee Beatty near Sharpsville, suddenly becomes speechless while helping in the field. Doctors and experts are unable to determine the nature of the affliction.
In a Wild West style swap gone wrong Moeller offered ten dollars to boot for Marovich to exchange horses. The deal collapses as “Dear Old Lightning” dies en route to a drink and “Gwendolyn” vanishes during the ensuing brawl as police arrive.
Mrs Edward Golder 58 of Devil's Lake North Dakota arrives to visit her sister Mrs Anna Crawford in this city for the first time in forty years. She will visit relatives in Indiana New York and eastern Canada before returning to North Dakota.
Two boys and two men were rescued after a canoe capsized on the Wabash near Main Street bridge. Joseph and Viton Hubler, motor boat owners, saved Reed Long and Fred Marach as they sank while helping each other. Mrs Henry Battering fell from a rowboat and was saved by her husband.
James Farren and Miss Catherine Shull, a country couple, asked Rev J A White of the First U B church to marry them. They chose to wed in their buggy as the minister stood on the curb in front of his home.
Grief over the sudden death of her child drives Mrs. Sophia West to insanity. A patient at a local hospital, she will be admitted to the Southern Hospital for the Insane. Mrs. West's Warrick County home is the mother of five children. She has been noted for strong literary tastes.
A thief looted the August Lang Bakery near police headquarters in daylight, taking $13. Dr. C. O. Bechtel completed a Caesarean delivery at Grant County Hospital for Edith Winslow. Joseph A. Winslow of Fairmount Friends church declined grand jury service citing moral objections. Jacob Sottong says stream pollution case against United States Board and Paper Co. will proceed despite an affidavit being dismissed on technical grounds.
An anecdotal notice from Dean's Kidney Pills touts the product as a persistent remedy for kidney weakness tied to chills and backache. A Mendota resident recounts long illness, claimed stone passage after using Doan's Kidney Pills, and urges purchase from Foster Milburn Co.
A New York mother recounts her two month old baby's severe eczema and rash, unresponsive to doctors orders. She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment four times daily, noting rapid improvement within two weeks and praising the products for healing and skin care. Public notice invites readers to request a free skin booklet from Potter Drug & Chem. Corp.
Dorothy Ullman questions the scope of God’s sight in a Cleveland street scene. She asks if God can see everything and if a shop eye display could equal divine all seeing. Her youthful curiosity leads them past an optician’s window.
Housewives wonder why underwear, table linen, bedding and all washable fabrics wear out quickly. The yellow soaps eat fibers and weaken them to tearing. Hewitt’s Easy Task soap offers a pure wholesome alternative at a low price, claiming to cut labor in half. Five cents per cake, try it.
The saying warned that money in a boy’s pocket means little without brains to guide it. It reflects a moral about thrift, prudence, and the value of education over wealth alone.
An Eskimo who never saw wire learns from Professor McMillan that wire carries voices. He tries a crude version by stringing sticks, speaking into one end, and racing to hear the sound at the other, leaving him puzzled by the absent echo.
Michael Dolan and Widdy Castigan’s second husband figure in a rustic tale. A wager, a pint of whiskey, and a man swallowing an egg whole to prove it can be done without breaking the shell. The plan flusters him as he fears a hatch will cause trouble.
Mrs. Knicker asks if a session was held. Mrs. Becker confirms a brief talk with her husband to obtain his vote or approval on an appropriation bill.
Dialogue notes a play on the female pronoun for ships. Benson jokes that a ship is “very much attached” to a buoy, reflecting a lighthearted print exchange about maritime language.
A fragment notes how a street fight may remind a married man there are other places like home. It references an old Castoria ad line and Bowdler quotation about infant care and parental expectations shaping enjoyment.
Advertised powder claims to loosen tight or new shoes by shaking into them. Encourages no substitutes and offers a free trial package. Mentions Olmsted Le Roy New York address and promotes relief from rheumatism and neuralgia with Hamlin's Wizard Oil.
Natick Massachusetts Mrs Nathan B Greaton 61 North Main Street reports dramatic relief from severe change of life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health noting cold limbs sleep loss and nervous distress subsided. She urges others to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts for confidential free guidance.
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